Supervised Contact Enquiry

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Dear Slough Borough Council,

1. Do you currently have your own "In House" Service, preferred
suppliers list or master vendor contract in place for your Supervised Contact Service for children in care?

2. If you have a contract in place, when will this be due for
renewal and what is your process for announcing, advertising and
applying for this opportunity?

3. If you have your own "In House" Service, do you ever spot
purchase to support this service and would the service ever be put
out for tender?

4. Do you have any intention to review the existing provisions in place for your Supervised Contact Service?

5. What is the council's annual spend on outsourced agencies for
supervised contact for 2015 - 2016 and 2016 - 2017?

6. What is the name and contact details for the procurement and
placement officer who is responsible for this service?

Yours faithfully,

Jessica Allen

FOI, Slough Borough Council

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Dear Jessica 

 

Please find below the response to your recent FOI request. 

 

Question 1  

Do you currently have your own "In House" Service, preferred
suppliers list or master vendor contract in place for your
Supervised Contact Service for children in care?

 
Answer In House Service

 

Question 2 If you have a contract in place, when will this be due for
renewal and what is your process for announcing, advertising
and applying for this opportunity?
Answer N/A

 

Question 3 If you have your own "In House" Service, do you ever spot
purchase to support this service and would the service ever be
put out for tender?
Answer On very rare occasions when contact is a substantial distance
away. In these rare circumstances we will look at what services
are available in the respective area.

 

Question 4 Do you have any intention to review the existing provisions in
place for your Supervised Contact Service?
Answer Not at present

 

Question 5 What is the council's annual spend on outsourced agencies for
supervised contact for 2015 - 2016 and 2016 - 2017?
Answer Unable to advise as the use of agencies is extremely rare and
we do not have dedicated budget codes to identify any spend for
the requested period

 

Question 6 What is the name and contact details for the procurement and
placement officer who is responsible for this service?
Answer Nicole Mills – Group Manager

Slough Children’s Services Trust

St Martins Place

Slough

SL1 3UF

 

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Kind regards, SBC FOI Officer